Passive House: Planning and Design Seminar
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You must take and pass a quiz to receive credit. You can take the quiz as many times as needed and there is no time limit on the quiz.
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**Any on-demand programs that qualify for AIA or LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
**AIA credit is not available in USB format.
Streamable MP4/PDF
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USB MP4/PDF
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**AIA credit is not available in USB format.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 4:30 pm
Understanding the Energy Efficiency of Conventional Construction R. Jacobson
Facts and figures on residential energy use
History of energy-conserving residential construction
Building code requirements
Energy conservation incentives
Passive House Standard: Purpose, Principles and Development J. Books
History of certifying agencies in US: PHI and PHIUS
Passive House Standard: voluntary performance-based building envelope energy standard
Energy calculations: how and when to perform them
Energy calculation tools: an introduction to tools and their functionality
Assembling a team to ensure quality and performance
Examining common design features of Passive Houses
Architectural Elements of Passive Houses J. Books
Siting, sizing and orientation
Super-insulated envelope with minimized thermal bridging
Efficient ventilation
Ultra-efficient lights, fixtures and appliances
Summer shading and cooling strategies
Winter solar gain and heat retention strategies
Integrating renewable energy technologies
Mechanical Systems in Passive Houses R. Jacobson
Optimizing heat gains
• Passive solar heat gains
• Indoor environmental heat gains
Heat exchanger
Supplemental heating
Renewable energy system integration
Energy-efficient appliances
Evaluating Passive House Case Studies R. Jacobson
Adapting Passive House for Minnesota
Case studies: in the planning process, under construction and finished projects
Credits
Architects
6.5 Contact Hours (PDHs)
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Contractors
Voluntary Continuing Ed.
Wisconsin Dwelling Contractors
6.5 Credit Hours
Building Performance Institute
3.25 CEUs
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Minnesota.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Leaning Units (Sponsor No. J885).
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
The Building Performance Institute has approved this activity for 3.25 CEUs.
This course offers a continuing education opportunity to contractors. It has not been preapproved by any state contractor licensing board for mandatory continuing education credit.
The Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services has approved this course for 6.5 Dwelling Contractor Qualifier Certification credit hours.
Attendance will be monitored and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Jennifer Books
Jennifer Books, AIA, CPHC, NCARB, is a licensed architect in Minnesota and Wisconsin, specializing in the design of highly- efficient, healthy and cost-effective sustainable buildings. She is a founding member and principal with Quantum Architects LLC and owner of Architecturally FIT LLC. Quantum Architects provides building owners and developers highly innovative performance-based architectural design services, crafting buildings that reduce heating, cooling and energy consumption by 70-120 percent. With added solar photovoltaic energy systems, these are positive cash flow buildings.
Rolf Jacobson
Center for Sustainable Building ResearchRolf Jacobson, CPHC, LEED AP, is a research fellow at the Center for Sustainable Building Research. He recently rejoined the CSBR after working with the NorthernSTAR Building America research team. Mr. Jacobson brings a strong interest in building science, particularly in the areas of residential energy efficiency, building assemblies, and moisture performance. In 2010, he traveled to Norway on a Fulbright fellowship to study the building science of Passive House envelopes optimized for cold climates. While there, he used energy and moisture modeling tools such as WUFI and THERM to investigate and evaluate a wide range of residential building assemblies. More recently, he has helped conduct research on a variety of residential energy efficiency and building enclosure topics such as an in-situ study of residential ground source heat pumps and insulation retrofit approaches for basements.